Red Hat CVE-2025-14778
MEDIUM
GHSA-fm6w-rrp3-2x4w
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD.
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
3Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 50 maven packages depend on org.keycloak:keycloak-services (22 direct, 28 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 26.5.0.
DescriptionCVE.org
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A significant Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in the UserManagedPermissionService (UMA Protection API). When updating or deleting a UMA policy associated with multiple resources, the authorization check only verifies the caller's ownership against the first resource in the policy's list. This allows a user (Owner A) who owns one resource (RA) to update a shared policy and modify authorization rules for other resources (e.g., RB) in that same policy, even if those other resources are owned by a different user (Owner B). This constitutes a horizontal privilege escalation.
AnalysisAI
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A significant Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in the UserManagedPermissionService (UMA Protection API). [CVSS 5.4 MEDIUM]
Technical ContextAI
A flaw was found in Keycloak. A significant Broken Access Control vulnerability exists in the UserManagedPermissionService (UMA Protection API). When updating or deleting a UMA policy associated with multiple resources, the authorization check only verifies the caller's ownership against the first resource in the policy's list. This allows a user (Owner A) who owns one resource (RA) to update a shared policy and modify authorization rules for other resources (e.g., RB) in that same policy, even
Affected ProductsAI
Keycloak
RemediationAI
Monitor vendor advisories for a patch. Restrict network access to the affected service where possible.
Same weakness CWE-266 – Incorrect Privilege Assignment
View allSame technique Privilege Escalation
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